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Observer Staff
July 22, 2015

Forget global warming; data show next Ice Age is more likely

Constant change has been a part of the Earth’s climate history since the planet was formed 4.5 billion to 4.6 billion years ago. There has never been a long period of flat-line temperature in the history of the sphere.

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Matt Walsh
July 22, 2015

It’s time: peacocks must go

Round up all of them. Keeping a dozen male peacocks won’t change this fact: They’re a nuisance.

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Matt Walsh
July 15, 2015

Great information for every LBK taxpayer

Kudos to Town Manager David Bullock and town staffers who produced the online information about the underground-utility referenda. It’s a ‘must-read’ for an informed electorate.

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Matt Walsh
July 9, 2015

What we pay is none of Obama’s business

The president’s new rules for overtime will be another unnecessary intrusion into the relationship between employer and employee. Enough of this dictatorship.

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Observer Staff
July 1, 2015

Our View: The spirit of liberty defined

We publish our annual “Spirit of America” section — with the hope we can capture and keep alive some of the values and characteristics that have defined American exceptionalism since our nation’s founding 239 years ago.

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Matt Walsh
June 24, 2015

OUR VIEW | how to address the noise

Inform the revelers. If they know they can be fined or jailed, they’ll change their behavior.

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Observer Staff
June 17, 2015

OUR VIEW | $682 million for what?

Over 10 years, Longboat Key taxpayers have sent all that money to Manatee and Sarasota. Surely more of it can come back.

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Observer Staff
June 10, 2015

OUR VIEW | Should you do fiber optic, too?

Let’s be honest: If you studied the graphic on page 3 of last week’s Longboat Observer, you probably swallowed hard or your eyes bugged out at the cost of installing underground utility lines per household.

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Observer Staff
June 3, 2015

MY VIEW | Tennis Center deserves town investment

There have been a lot of recent comments and opinions about the Public Tennis Center lately.

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Observer Staff
June 3, 2015

OUR VIEW | A seminal moment for LBK

Judging from the full house Monday night in the Longboat Key Town Commission Chambers, you easily could have concluded before the night began that the commission was about to address a controversial issue.

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Matt Walsh
May 27, 2015

OUR VIEW | More Medicaid: Federal ransom

The call of media editorialists, state senators and altruists for expanding Obamacare’s Medicaid program in Florida remains a cacophonous drumbeat of pots and pans.

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Observer Staff
May 27, 2015

Letters to the editor 5.28.15

Raise player fees to raise funds; Third bridge is the only solution

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Observer Staff
May 20, 2015

Letters to the editor

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Observer Staff
May 20, 2015

OUR VIEW | Tennis Center Dilemma

If the public tennis center is to be subsidized on par with other parks, what is the right amount? You cannot deny this: Longboat Key is a tennis town, and the supporters of the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center are probably the most passionate, united

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Observer Staff
May 13, 2015

OUR VIEW | Entitlement in the firehouse

It’s rarely a good sign when a department head and his or her boss are not in alignment in their public comments.

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Forget global warming; data show next Ice Age is more likely

It’s time: peacocks must go

Great information for every LBK taxpayer

What we pay is none of Obama’s business

Our View: The spirit of liberty defined

OUR VIEW | how to address the noise

OUR VIEW | $682 million for what?

OUR VIEW | Should you do fiber optic, too?

MY VIEW | Tennis Center deserves town investment

OUR VIEW | A seminal moment for LBK

OUR VIEW | More Medicaid: Federal ransom

Letters to the editor 5.28.15

Letters to the editor

OUR VIEW | Tennis Center Dilemma

OUR VIEW | Entitlement in the firehouse

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